Build a Franchise Discussion Thread (Season 6)- Announcement on page 71- Tuesday- Opening Night

[Depalma2002]

When you have Bol Bol you don’t need to tank for Wemby

No kidding but Bol Bol looking like a stud this season

I want everybody to sleep on me with the Power Rankings. Let me do the work for you:

• Lillard is cooked and will have a bad rating due to his injuries and bad stats last year

• Klay is closer to retirement and is cooked as well. Terrible efficiency

• Miles will be in jail and likely unavailable in the SIM. Cancel him!!!

• Based on last season’s stats Trey Murphy III is gonna get pretty meh SIM ratings

• Based on last season’s stats Bol Bol is gonna get pretty meh SIM ratings

• Based on last season’s stats Nick Richards is gonna get pretty meh SIM ratings

• Brogdon’s bad 3pt shooting last season and low volumes this early season equates to a SIM rating drop

• Christian Wood can’t defend and Jason Kidd won’t give him enough mins in IRL Dallas to justify any kind of SIM bump

• Jeff Green is old and boring. Retire already!

• Joe Ingles is old and tore his ACL. He’s casseroled!

Did you hack bish's account! How did you get my power rankings?!!!???

All kidding aside, I don't think the sim takes early season into account at all. I've never seen more than slight tweaks from the beta ratings bish releases to the final releases and even those seem unrelated to early season but more to algorithm adjustments/bug fixes. Hell, last season on the beta release Demar Derozan was 4 stars. He started out the season red hot and many posted top 5 MVP lists in the early going. Final sim release 3.5 stars. Great start was obviously not even looked at.

Now, I do think Dame's rating will stay high. Except for Dinwiddie and Warren last year, the sim doesn't seem to penalize guys for small sample sizes. I think Brogdon and Wood also keep there 3.5 star ratings.

Bridges is a question mark. Obviously he won't be in jail now that he has settled his case. Whether a team is ready to give him a second chance this soon and take the PR blowback is another question. He will be signed at some point and then start an NBA imposed suspension. The question is when. That said, we don't care about NBA. Given his circumstances I figured he was left out of the game. However since he has settled his case before the final release, maybe they get him back in the game. I think this is crucial. In any case, it was a worthwhile gamble and when he does get back in the sim, even if it's not this year, it is likely his 3.5 or so sim rating is waiting for him. Also, as I stated in my power rankings, I'm sure if he is not included the game, you will manage to find some way to use that EL contract to your advantage.



As for Bol Bol, Trey, and Nick (who I signed as an undrafted free agent even before Charlotte drafted him. I love him and wish Charlotte figured it out early so he'd still be on my roster), I do think they will be rated off last year's stats so don't expect much this year but look for very healthy sim bumps next season.

On the flip side of the above, I don't think Klay's rough start to this season affects him at all. I think he is still an upper 3, lower 3.5 type guy and wouldn't be shocked by either rating.

Of course, this is all one man's opinions and you could be right and I could be totally wrong. I also prefaced my power rankings with "Let's give 2010 some billboard material to fire him up!" We all know that you function best when you battling those who dissed you

Now if Miles is in the sim, total different ballgame. You are right back fighting for home court in the first round of the playoffs.

[TerrenceClarke]

Just going through an initial pass at the power rankings...man this is going to be tough. I thought gap between some of the teams was much bigger last few seasons. I am having a lot of difficulty deciding the top 10ish teams. Lot of parity this offseason brought.

My ranking for your team is could use more shooting in the starting line up.

[mpharris36]

Just going through an initial pass at the power rankings...man this is going to be tough. I thought gap between some of the teams was much bigger last few seasons. I am having a lot of difficulty deciding the top 10ish teams. Lot of parity this offseason brought.

My ranking for your team is could use more shooting in the starting line up.

[E-Balla]

When you have Bol Bol you don’t need to tank for Wemby

No kidding but Bol Bol looking like a stud this season

I want everybody to sleep on me with the Power Rankings. Let me do the work for you:

• Lillard is cooked and will have a bad rating due to his injuries and bad stats last year

• Klay is closer to retirement and is cooked as well. Terrible efficiency

• Miles will be in jail and likely unavailable in the SIM. Cancel him!!!

• Based on last season’s stats Trey Murphy III is gonna get pretty meh SIM ratings

• Based on last season’s stats Bol Bol is gonna get pretty meh SIM ratings

• Based on last season’s stats Nick Richards is gonna get pretty meh SIM ratings

• Brogdon’s bad 3pt shooting last season and low volumes this early season equates to a SIM rating drop

• Christian Wood can’t defend and Jason Kidd won’t give him enough mins in IRL Dallas to justify any kind of SIM bump

• Jeff Green is old and boring. Retire already!

• Joe Ingles is old and tore his ACL. He’s casseroled!

Did you hack bish's account! How did you get my power rankings?!!!???

All kidding aside, I don't think the sim takes early season into account at all. I've never seen more than slight tweaks from the beta ratings bish releases to the final releases and even those seem unrelated to early season but more to algorithm adjustments/bug fixes. Hell, last season on the beta release Demar Derozan was 4 stars. He started out the season red hot and many posted top 5 MVP lists in the early going. Final sim release 3.5 stars. Great start was obviously not even looked at.

Now, I do think Dame's rating will stay high. Except for Dinwiddie and Warren last year, the sim doesn't seem to penalize guys for small sample sizes. I think Brogdon and Wood also keep there 3.5 star ratings.

Bridges is a question mark. Obviously he won't be in jail now that he has settled his case. Whether a team is ready to give him a second chance this soon and take the PR blowback is another question. He will be signed at some point and then start an NBA imposed suspension. The question is when. That said, we don't care about NBA. Given his circumstances I figured he was left out of the game. However since he has settled his case before the final release, maybe they get him back in the game. I think this is crucial. In any case, it was a worthwhile gamble and when he does get back in the sim, even if it's not this year, it is likely his 3.5 or so sim rating is waiting for him. Also, as I stated in my power rankings, I'm sure if he is not included the game, you will manage to find some way to use that EL contract to your advantage.



As for Bol Bol, Trey, and Nick (who I signed as an undrafted free agent even before Charlotte drafted him. I love him and wish Charlotte figured it out early so he'd still be on my roster), I do think they will be rated off last year's stats so don't expect much this year but look for very healthy sim bumps next season.

On the flip side of the above, I don't think Klay's rough start to this season affects him at all. I think he is still an upper 3, lower 3.5 type guy and wouldn't be shocked by either rating.

Of course, this is all one man's opinions and you could be right and I could be totally wrong. I also prefaced my power rankings with "Let's give 2010 some billboard material to fire him up!" We all know that you function best when you battling those who dissed you

Now if Miles is in the sim, total different ballgame. You are right back fighting for home court in the first round of the playoffs.

So last year released a roster update midseason and if I remember back then they did take the current season into account in that update. IDK about the original roster tho. If they don't take this year into account at all my power rankings won't change much.

[HEZI]

In 2 years when I have some assets y'all are gonna pay for your transgressions!!!!

Gobert in Minny IRL is a red hot disaster... so there's that. What the **** were they thinking, seriously?

Him, KAT, and LeBron playing bad could be my saving grace this year if the ratings reflect it. It's hard to tell how much they take the new season into account though.

Also Paolo being great makes Strick so much more of a threat. I thought he'd at least give me a few easy Ws.

Read on Twitter

Playing bad never looked so good

Although I do hate the fit with Gobert. They are just too slow and clunky together but I do give Gobert credit for helping increase those assist numbers. KAT has been dropping easy dimes just feeding Gobert on lobs and interior passes for the finish down low.

[E-Balla]

Gobert in Minny IRL is a red hot disaster... so there's that. What the **** were they thinking, seriously?

Him, KAT, and LeBron playing bad could be my saving grace this year if the ratings reflect it. It's hard to tell how much they take the new season into account though.

Also Paolo being great makes Strick so much more of a threat. I thought he'd at least give me a few easy Ws.

Read on Twitter

Playing bad never looked so good

Although I do hate the fit with Gobert. They are just too slow and clunky together but I do give Gobert credit for helping increase those assist numbers. KAT has been dropping easy dimes just feeding Gobert on lobs and interior passes for the finish down low.

There's two sides to the floor. Offensively it's fine. Defensively they've been a dumpster fire.

[Manhattan Project]

You know whose been balling this year?

Spoiler:

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[Fat]

Finished my rankings was pretty tough to put together and probably inaccurate but whatever it’s in

[Fat]

Taking early John Collin offers

[HEZI]

Him, KAT, and LeBron playing bad could be my saving grace this year if the ratings reflect it. It's hard to tell how much they take the new season into account though.

Also Paolo being great makes Strick so much more of a threat. I thought he'd at least give me a few easy Ws.

Read on Twitter

Playing bad never looked so good

Although I do hate the fit with Gobert. They are just too slow and clunky together but I do give Gobert credit for helping increase those assist numbers. KAT has been dropping easy dimes just feeding Gobert on lobs and interior passes for the finish down low.

There's two sides to the floor. Offensively it's fine. Defensively they've been a dumpster fire.

Oh no doubt they can’t defend especially small ball teams who move the ball and space the floor. They had a better team last year. Bulls have been putrid defensively too with Derozan and Lavine.

[HEZI]

Taking early John Collin offers

Would be a good addition to my bench if he was making about 80% less in salary

[Fat]

Taking early John Collin offers

Would be a good addition to my bench if he was making about 80% less in salary

Welp lol

[bishnykfan]

TRADE ANNOUNCEMENT

The Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed to trade Jaden Hardy to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for a 2023 2nd round draft pick, a 2023 2nd round draft pick (From Oklahoma City) and a 2024 2nd round draft pick.

[Depalma2002]

Taking early John Collin offers

I like the fit of Collins in my lineup over Drummond as he would allow me to play Davis more a the 5 whereas with Nurk/Drummond I need to play Davis almost exclusively at the 4. I have the draft capital to put together an offer but unfortunately I don't see anyway to match salaries.

[bishnykfan]

TRANSACTION

The Memphis Grizzlies have a agreed to a buyout with Greg Brown.

[bishnykfan]

TRANSACTION

The Memphis Grizzlies have a agreed to a buyout with Sandro Mamukelashvili.

[bishnykfan]

TRANSACTION

The Memphis Grizzlies have a agreed to a buyout with Cole Swidder.

[bishnykfan]

TRANSACTION

The Memphis Grizzlies have a agreed to a buyout with Isaiah Todd.

[E-Balla]

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Playing bad never looked so good

Although I do hate the fit with Gobert. They are just too slow and clunky together but I do give Gobert credit for helping increase those assist numbers. KAT has been dropping easy dimes just feeding Gobert on lobs and interior passes for the finish down low.

There's two sides to the floor. Offensively it's fine. Defensively they've been a dumpster fire.

Oh no doubt they can’t defend especially small ball teams who move the ball and space the floor. They had a better team last year. Bulls have been putrid defensively too with Derozan and Lavine.

Yeah they need Lonzo back asap.

I been looking it up and see the chances are the stats will be based 100% off last season most likely so I'll just submit a slightly modified version of my offseason power rankings.

[bringbackhoffa]

So close..

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